Environmental enforcement

Fees for Environmental Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)

Unlawful repairs/sale of vehicle on roads

Act: s 3/4/6(1) Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£60 £100 £2500

Abandoning a vehicle

Act: s 2(1)(a)/2A Refuse Disposal Amenity Act 1978

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£120 £200 £2500

Depositing litter

Act: s 87/88 Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£100 £150 £2500

Unauthorised distribution of free printed matter

Act: Schedule 3A, para. 1/7 Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£100 £150 £2500

Criminal damage and flyposting

Act: s 1 Criminal Damage Act 1971, s131/132 Highways Act 1990, s224 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and s 43/44 Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£100 £150 £2500

Failure to produce authority (waste carrier's licence)

Act: s 5/5B Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£300 £400 £5000

Failure to furnish documentation (waste transfer notes)

Act: s 34(5)/34A Environment Protection Act 1990 and regulation 35(6) Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£300 £400 £5000*

Offences in relation to the illegal deposit of household, industrial, commercial or other controlled waste without a waste management licence (Fly-tipping)

Act: s 33(1)(a)/33ZA Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£350 £500 Unlimited

Failure to remove dog faeces (Dog fouling)

Act: s 59 Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£50 £75 £1000

Depositing litter from vehicles

Act: The littering from vehicles outside of London (keeps: Civil Penalties) Legislation 2018

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£100 £150 £2500

Domestic and commercial duty of care

Act: 34(6) Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
£200 £300 Unlimited

Commercial presentation of receptacles and storage of waste

S: 47 Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
N/A £110 £100

Household presentation of receptacles and storage of waste

S: 46 Environmental Protection Act 1990

Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days Full amount of penalty Maximum penalty on conviction
N/A £80 N/A

*or, on indictment, an unlimited fine